BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Bordentown’s police chief was released from the hospital today after he was shot in the leg with his own firearm on Tuesday, officials said.

A juvenile was involved in the shooting that occurred inside the township’s municipal building, Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Joel Bewley said. The office could not comment further on the juvenile’s involvement because of an ongoing investigation, he said tonight.

Chief Frank M. Nucera Jr., who also serves as township administrator, was in the tax collector’s office at about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday when his department-issued .45-caliber firearm discharged, officials have said.

No identifying information about the juvenile has been released.

There were other individuals in the room at the time of the shooting, but no one else was injured. Only one shot was fired, Bewley said.